STATE v. LAROSE

Nos. C5-03-93, C9-03-95.

673 N.W.2d 157 (2003)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Franklin William LaROSE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Granted February 25, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, William A. Szotkowski, Assistant Attorney General, Paul, MN, and Earl E. Maus, Cass County Attorney, Walker, MN, for respondent.

John M. Stuart, Minnesota Public Defender, Steven P. Russett, Assistant State Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant; and Franklin W. LaRose, Cass Lake, MN, pro se.

Considered and decided by RANDALL, Presiding Judge, MINGE, Judge, and PORITSKY, Judge.


OPINION

RANDALL, Judge.

On consolidated appeals from separate convictions for felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime (possession of marijuana), appellant argues that the law against possessing marijuana is merely a civil/regulatory law and, thus, the State of Minnesota cannot enforce that law on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation. Appellant also argues that the search warrant in one of the two cases was improperly issued to a reservation peace officer...

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